Stuffed Sweet Puri
- 60 min
- not spicy
- Serves 10
Stuffed sweet puri, or sheera puri, filled with rava, cashew, coconut, sugar and cardamom, deep-fried golden. Makes 10 servings in an hour, with video.
Good for: Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Party, Rainy Day
Ingredients
Maida2 cup
Salt¼ tsp
Ghee¼ cup
Water2¼ cup
Coconut (Grated)½ cup
Cashew (half), Roughly Chopped2 tbsp
Rava½ cup
Ghee3 tbsp
Sugar1 cup
Cardamom Powder¼ tsp
OilFor Deep Frying
Contains: milk, cashew or other tree nuts, wheat.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 10 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 10 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 355kcal | 3550kcal |
| Protein | 4.5g | 45g |
| Carbohydrate | 50g | 504g |
| Fat | 15g | 151g |
| Fibre | 1.6g | 16g |
| Sugar | 22g | 215g |
Cookd masalas for maida
Method
Crumble the maida with the salt and ghee until it resembles sand. Add water and knead a smooth dough.
Grind the coconut without water to a thick paste.
Lightly roast the cashew nuts and rava in a tbsp of ghee.
Prepare a syrup with the sugar and water, boiling for 5 mins.
Add the cashew nuts, rava . Cook until the mixture thickens.
Add the ghee and coconut pasteand mix thoroughly. Add the cardamom powder and mix well. Set aside to cool completely.
Stuff the dough roundels with the mixture, similar to stuffing parathas and flatten slightly.
Deep fry until golden brown in low-medium heat oil for about 10-12 mins.
Before you start
- How long does Stuffed Sweet Puri take?
- 1 hour from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 40 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Stuffed Sweet Puri serve?
- 10. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Stuffed Sweet Puri vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Stuffed Sweet Puri spicy?
- No, it is not spicy.
- What do I need to make Stuffed Sweet Puri?
- 2 cup Maida, ½ cup Coconut (Grated), 1 cup Sugar, ¼ cup Ghee, ½ cup Rava, 2 tbsp Cashew (half), and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Stuffed Sweet Puri?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Stuffed Sweet Puri?
- About 355 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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